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16 S. verna Curtis. Eoary pvhescent; st. few-lea¥ed, branched nearly naked, 

 loosely panicled ; lower his. finely serrate, ovate, veiny, on margined petioles, the 

 upper lance-ovate or oblong, entire ; scales lance-linear, smopthish ; rays 10 to 

 12, disk fls. 16 to 20 ; ach. pubescent. — An early flowering Solidago, in pine 

 barrens, N. Car. to Fla., rare. St. 2 to 3f high, erect or sometimes inclined and 

 the racemes a little recurved. Lowest Ivs. 3' by .2', 6-veined, the others partly 

 3-veined. May, Ju. 



17 S. pubSrula Nutt. Dusty puberulent, simple strict; tos. lanceolate, entire, atten- 

 uate at base, the lower oblauceolate, subserrate ; pah. spicate, erect, deuse but com- 

 pound ; ped. pubescent ; scales linear-lanceolate, acute ; rays about 10, elongated ; 

 disk fls. about 13. — Woods, Me. to Ga. St. straight, purplish, 2 to 3f high, ter- 

 minating in a long, tliyrsoid alike of dense, appressed racemes. Lvs. very 

 minutely pubescent both sides,wie lowest on close, winged stalks. Hds. rather 

 large, bright yellow. Aug.-ifiijC'. (Also S. pulverulenta Nutt.) 



18 S. sempervJrens L. "Si smooth ; lvs. lanceolate, somewhat succulent, 

 smooth, entire, and scabrous on the margin, svham/plexicaul, obscurely S-vemed ; 

 rae. seeund, paniculate; pedicels scdbrow-pubescent ; rays elongated 8 to 10, disk- 

 fis. 15 to 20. — Marshes along tlie coast, and river banks, witliin the influence of 

 the brackish water. St. 3 to 6f high, purplish, somewhat glaucous, with nu- 

 merous long and narrow leaves. Hds. large. Rays showy. Sept. (S. lasvi- 

 gata Ait.) 



19 S. angustifolia Ell. St. smooth, strict, branched or simple ; lvs. lance-linear, 

 thick, smooth, entire, sessile, short and erect, l-veined, the lower lanceolate, taper- 

 ing at base; pan. dense, erect, virgate; pedicels glabrous, slender; hds. small, 15 

 to 20-flowered ; rays about 1. — Brackisli swamps, S. Car. to Fla. and Tex. Sts. 

 2 to 4f high. Lvs. diminishing upwards, the highest subulate. Hds. very nu- 

 merous, partly inclined to one side. Scales acute. Sept., Oct. 



20 S. nemor^lis Ait. Dusty-subtomentous ; lvs: roughish, acute, obscv/rely 3- 

 veined, attenuate at base, sub-entii'e the lower petiolato; rac. seeund, paniculate ; 

 lads, small ; rays 5 to 6, disk-fls. 5 to T. — Dry fields and roadsides. Can. and U. 

 S. A common, starved-looking species, with a, grayissh, dusty aspect. Height 1 

 to 2f. Lvs. ofton fascicled in the axils. Hds. with conspicuous rays. Pan. 

 dense, composed of many short racemes, inclining to one side, or often of a 

 single, terminal re'curved one. Again, the stem divides into branches, each bear- 

 ing a panicle. Sept. 



/3. Very slender, minutely puberulent, terminated by a slender spicate (re- 

 curved) panicle. — In woods. Lvs. as long as in S. cassia. 



21 S. rup^stris Baf. Smooth, slender ; lvs. linear-lanceolate, attenuate at both 

 ends, plainly 3-veined, entire, or the lower subserrulate ; hds. small, about 15- 

 flowered, in a simple, slender panicle; rays very slwrt. — Ind., Ky., on river banks. 

 St. 2 to 3f high, often branched. Lvs. 2 to 3' long, veins whitish beneath. Aug., 

 Sept. Too near the next. 



22 S. Missouri^nsis Nutt. Glabrous, low, simple, slender; lvs. lanoe-liuear, 

 tapering to each end, plainly 3-veined, very acute and rough-edged, lower ones 

 with acute, slender serratures, radical, oblanceolate, petiolate ; rac. small, in a 

 dense, pyramidal, or somewhat corymbous j)an. ; ped. glabrous ; scales with greenish 

 tips; hds. small, 12 to 15-Jiowered. — A delicate species, 1 to 2f high, in dry 

 prairies, 111. and Mo. Lvs.. smooth and shining, lower 3 to 4' by 3 to 5", the 

 others gradually reduced upwards to minute bracts. Kays about 8. Jl., Aug. 



23 S, serdtina "Willd. St. round, striate, smooth ; lvs. linear-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, slightly serrate, obscurely 3-veined, veins beneath pubescent ; rac. seeund, re- 

 curved, paniculate; ped. pubescent; hds. small, 15 to 20-flowered. — A smooth 

 species in meadows and thickets, TJ. S. and Can. St. 3 to 6f high, very smooth, 

 often glaucous or purple. Lvs. 3 to 5 to T long, smooth; margin scabrous, 

 upper entire. Fls. numerous, forming a more or less compact panicle, inclined at 

 summit. Bays less than 1' long. Sept. — ^Variable and scarcely distinct from 

 the next. 



24 S. gigdntea Ait. St. smooth, striate; lvs. lanceolate, serrate with sharp, 

 spreading teeth, margins rough-oiliate, strongly 3-veined ; rac. axillary and loosely 

 panicled; branches pubescent ; ped. amd pedicels Miry; hds. 15 to 20 flowered. — ■. 



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